Long Beach police say they seized an assault rifle and other guns while arresting an attempted murder suspect in Wilmington on Jan. 12, 2018. (Courtesy Long Beach police.)

Long Beach police SWAT officers seized an assault rifle and several other guns while arresting an attempted murder suspect Thursday, according to authorities.

The SWAT team took Ezequiel Cuebas, 32, into custody while serving a search warrant at a home in the 900 block of Marine Ave. in Wilmington where he was staying, police said in a news release Friday.

“During the search of the residence detectives recovered numerous firearms including an assault rifle,” police said. “It is not known at this time if any of the weapons seized during the search warrant were used in the original shooting.”

Cuebas was wanted in connection with an attempted murder on Dec. 26 in Long Beach, police said.

Around 2:30 a.m. that morning, authorities were called to a person with gunshot wounds who was found near the intersection of Pacific Coast Highway and Chestnut Avenue, according to authorities.

Paramedics took him to the hospital, and officers found where the shooting originally happened about a block away in the 1700 block of Cedar Avenue, police said.

Authorities suspect the shooting was gang-related, police said.

“Detectives conducted a thorough investigation, and thanks to their relentless followup they were able to identify a possible suspect and a location where he was staying, which led to the service of the search warrant and his arrest,” police said.

Cuebas was booked into Long Beach Jail on suspicion of attempt murder and unlawful possession of an assault rifle.

Jeremiah Dobruck is the public safety and breaking news reporter at the Long Beach Press-Telegram. He's a SoCal native who has covered crime, courts and mayhem at news outlets in Los Angeles, Orange County and New York City since 2011.